Akashi says post conflict development is amazing

Japan’s special representative Yasushi Akashi has said that the post-conflict development in Sri Lanka is phenomenal and amazing.

Mr. Akashi made this reference when he called on President Rajapaksa at the President’s House this morning. The Japanese diplomat who will remain in the island for about a week arrived last night. This is his 23rd visit to Sri Lanka. The President and Mr. Akashi discussed a number of matters including progress on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, the overall reconciliation process and general bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Japan.
The last time Mr. Akashi met President Rajapaksa was in Japan during the President’s official visit to the East Asian country earlier this year. Mr. Akashi said that post conflict development in Sri Lanka is outstanding.
He mentioned that everyone tends to judge situation from his or her own background. This is why, the Japanese Envoy pointed out that he felt that it is rather unfair for some developed countries, which have much more resources than Sri Lanka, to express impatience with Sri Lanka and its development. This, he emphasized is not fair, and this is not objective. Certainly, he said he is sure that the Government and people of Sri Lanka would wish to move much more rapidly, but with Sri Lanka’s limited resources, what it has done by itself is amazing.
Japan’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Nobuhito Hobo accompanied Mr. Akashi. Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, Foreign Secretary Karunatilaka Amunugama and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Japan Wasantha Karannagoda were present at this meeting.